another day, another best
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another day, another best
I did it, Ifinally did it. I broke 12.7x on street tires. I was getting mad cuz I was getting constant 12.82x slips (which was a new best), but I wasnt happy. The track was hooking pretty well as long as I got the tires dry, but I was not getting as hard of a launch as I wanted. It was the end of the night and the last day for the Motorplex to be open for the year. I had let the truck cool down 25 minutes or so. I went out, did a good burnout (yes, I know street tires dont need heat, but they need to be dry). Light went green and I was off. pick up my slip and wtf, 12.93. So I hot lapped back up. Next run I brought the rpm up a little and got into the gas faster off the line, 12.78 @ 106.43. Kewl, I broke 12.7x, but I wanted to back it up, so back for another hot lap. What a miserable flop it was, 13.44 with boat loads of spin. So back I went again. 12.77 @ 106.69. I was happy but thought I could grab a 12.75, so back I went for one more hot lap. I decided I would bring the rpm to 1200 and drop it to the floor when it was go time just to see if it would hold. Light goes, I dropped, got a small amount of wheel spin. I figured it would be a 12.8x cuz it spun. Picked up my slip...
60' 1.830 (personal best)
330' 5.293
1/8 8.145 (personal best)
mph 86.26
1000 10.632
1/4 12.742 (personal best)
mph 106.58
I got my brick well into the 12.7xs with street tires (HANKOOKS)that Lots of people think suck **** cuz they are a 400 tread wear instead of a 300 tread wear. Just a bit of race gas, a cool day, and as much timing as I could through at it. I do believe with some slicks I have a 12.5x machine on my hands.
Anyways, I am happy as
(for now) and wanted to share the news.
Chris
60' 1.830 (personal best)
330' 5.293
1/8 8.145 (personal best)
mph 86.26
1000 10.632
1/4 12.742 (personal best)
mph 106.58
I got my brick well into the 12.7xs with street tires (HANKOOKS)that Lots of people think suck **** cuz they are a 400 tread wear instead of a 300 tread wear. Just a bit of race gas, a cool day, and as much timing as I could through at it. I do believe with some slicks I have a 12.5x machine on my hands.
Anyways, I am happy as
(for now) and wanted to share the news. Chris
Last edited by jakhammer; Oct 27, 2005 at 12:45 AM.
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Congrats!
I'm pretty much in the same boat off gas. I did cut two 12.6s one night though because track prep was very good. But generally I'm in the 12.8 area on my nitto 404s. (all season SUV tires)
Rich
I'm pretty much in the same boat off gas. I did cut two 12.6s one night though because track prep was very good. But generally I'm in the 12.8 area on my nitto 404s. (all season SUV tires)
Rich
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When I hit my first goal of 12.8x I was not happy. Actually I was mad cuz I wasnt hitting 12.7x. But I was happy as h3ll to get 3 12.7x slips. Wsh I would have had more timing to put to it. 20* and it could have taken more. Thats what I get for running my street tune and jacking the timing with some 110 fuel. It was fun anyhow.
Chris
Chris
